NO MAN IS A CHAIR

In “No Man is Chair,” four performers wearing fuzzy socks set out to create a short film confronting the wrongs of colonisation. They find themselves stranded on a single chair —an „island“ in an isolated room with a wet floor. In their search for a more prosperous future, personal ideals clash with the group’s mission - and the performance unravels. Slowly, their roles begin to overtake their real selves, and the boundary between performance and reality dissolves.

What begins as a controlled exploration of power and responsibility soon spirals into absurdity. Each performer takes on an archetype: the ruler, the infant, the pawn, and the jester - roles that force them to confront uncomfortable questions about individual freedom and collective responsibility. As they lose control of the narrative they set out to construct, they must decide whether to cling to their individual morality or surrender to the absurdity they’ve unwittingly created.

Welcome to the Palmanova

Welcome to the Palmanova is a participatory conflict simulation game designed for non-formal educational settings. It is inspired by the divided city of Nicosia, Cyprus, with a focus on the ideological divide between “Europe” and “not”.
The game is played in a physical space, not virtually. It's aim is to simulate the biases in the passport issuance system, the denial of mobility to certain individuals, and the nationalist education that shames others from exercising their freedom of movement, ultimately deepening societal divisions.

It's Colder In the West

An experimental documentary featuring interviews with urban architects on the Cyprus conflict, exploring Cypriot identity as a dislocated entity shaped by the colonial project. A deeply personal project that transformed my approach to research, the film examines its manifestations and the metanarratives derived from colonial rule, revealing their impact on Cypriots from both sides of the conflict.

Coached by Quirine Racké & Helena Muskens.

Colliding Narratives: The stories we tell ourselves

Remapping Genk:
This project explores speculative design as a tool to rethink urban segregation by turning to an unexpected cartographer: Physarum polycephalum, a one-cell organism with an uncanny ability to map networks efficiently.

Using the Belgian city of Genk as a case study, the project examines patterns of segregation, inclusion, and exclusion, questioning how cities are shaped by human biases. Physarum is fed oatmeal at key cultural and religious centers, allowing it to organically "remap" the city—an alternative, non-anthropocentric blueprint of urban connectivity.

By analyzing this process, the project draws parallels to Nicosia, a city historically divided, asking:
If nature mapped the city, would segregation still exist? If human design is assumed to be the height of intelligence, why are our cities so flawed?

The work unfolds across paper, clay, canvas, glass, thread, light, and text, forming a layered dialogue between biological intelligence and human-made environments. Through this experiment, the project challenges conventional urban planning, proposing that nature might offer a more just, unbiased spatial order.